Sylvia Rivera

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15 mentions 5 recordings first heard Jul 2024 last heard 3d ago ↑12 vs the 12 months before

Transgender activist and co-founder of STAR organization

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Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 48:34 · 3d ago

…Up until the end of her life in two thousand two, Sylvia Rivera remained the steadfast advocate for LGBTQ youth.…

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Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 47:49 · 3d ago

…Rivera ended with a call for revolution and gay power as the crowd cheered her on, and her call for true solidarity would reverberate in the years that followed.…

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Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 47:27 · 3d ago

…But where, she asked, had the gay rights movement been for her, and for her trans brothers and sisters, who were not part of, as Rivera put it, a white middle class club.…

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Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 47:15 · 3d ago

…The audience did quiet down, as Rivera continued, speaking about……

Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 46:50 · 3d ago

…Insisting on being heard amidst the raft of mainstream gay……

Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 46:44 · 3d ago

…But at the third annual Christopher Street Liberation Day march,……

Lindsay GrahamAmerican History Tellers · FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Pride | 4 · 46:25 · 3d ago

…But Sylvia Rivera didn't let the loss of Star House……

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